Patents by Inventor Robert Lee Fuson

Robert Lee Fuson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 3987930
    Abstract: An intravenous tubing cap for sealing the end of a male tubing coupling or a female tubing coupling is provided by a plug having a tapered male fitting at one end being backed against a tapered female fitting at the other end. The plug may be molded in one piece with the back of the male portion forming a contiguous part of the female portion. Preferably, a serrated protective skirt around the male fitting provides a surface by which the cap may be grasped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1974
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1976
    Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Lee Fuson
  • Patent number: 3957082
    Abstract: A selection valve, creating a minimal flow-through turbulence for use in the administration of three separately supplied intravenous fluids, for selecting with one-handed operation any one of the fluids connected or a mixture of any two fluids adjacently connected, is provided having a body with a cylindrically shaped cavity containing three closely positioned ports and a separately positioned port. A cylindrically shaped rotor may be disposed within the cavity and rotated to position a single passageway part thereof between the outlet and an inlet port. The outlet end of the passageway may be shaped to enable the exposure of the outlet port for any inlet port position. Preferably the valve body is mounted to a support structure which in turn may be secured to an immobile surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1974
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1976
    Assignee: Arbrook, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Lee Fuson, Wesley S. Larson